La Pharmacist at the Gran Chaparral shopping centre in Playa del InglésMónica Hathiramani has pointed out that half of the clients that her pharmacy serves are foreigners and "languages and pharmaceutical indications and the professional pharmaceutical assistance service (SPFA), which includes the dispensing of drugs without a prescription, are important". In her opinion, in the dispensing of these medicines, the pharmacist has an extremely important role, "because there is no medical prescription from the doctor, but it is the pharmacist who takes the initiative based on the direct interview with the patient".
Speaking to IM Farmacias, Mónica Hathiramani highlights that "pharmacists are the health professionals closest to the population, but it is important that all health professionals go to a"In my area, many efforts are made to collaborate with health centres," he says, adding that "the year in which the new pharmacies were opened in my municipality, we held meetings at the health centre in which community pharmacists from the area, doctors and nurses from the health centre, as well as the Primary Care pharmacist from the health area participated."
The presence of pharmacies in the online environment is expanding. The latest data from Shoppertec shows that the number of pharmacies with a website in Spain has grown by 10%, reaching 9.644, and the presence of pharmacies on social networks has increased by 7%. "Access to online health information and the increase in self-medication forces us to highlight our role as a consultant, whether at the counter or through websites or social networks," says Monica, while giving us the keys to the future: "For the coming years we must commit to integration and collaboration with the rest of the health professionals and see the challenges of digitalization as new opportunities for growth."
